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From: Donna.Siren@p19.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Donna Siren)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: getting help
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Date: 28 Jun 91 14:47:28 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 BL> I am one who usually accepts help when it's offered.  I figure that if I
 BL> do, then that person will offer to help the next blind person they see as
 BL> well

I don't think this is necessarily true, however I do feel that how
we refuse help is more important than whether or not we refuse it.
If a blind person is rude in refusing help, then chances are that
person will think twice about offering help, but if we are nice
about it, refusing with a "no thank you, I'm fine" or something
along those lines, then I'm sure that sighted person wouldn't mind
their help being refused and would probably offer help to another
blind person in the future.
	       Donna

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